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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. Bootstrapping 101.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Non-dilutive Financing Through Revenue Sharing

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And, oh by the way, we also really like the idea of the 1M/1M entrepreneurs building valuation and negotiating leverage through these business development efforts, instead of signing off large chunks of their company in form of equity early on. It certainly will be a better way to bootstrap the company. SOCO Games.

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ProfessorVC: Where did Summer Go?

Professor VC

This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model. of the sale price, respectively, according to the National Association of College Stores. One of the shrewdest groups in the music business and way ahead of their time was the Grateful Dead. Labels: business models , Grateful Dead , textbook.

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ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

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Others will attempt fire sales. Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Even the ones that do get to cash flow breakeven, will not likely be in a position where they could pay back the debt.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

Challenge the Status Quo - StubHub entered an industry dominated by a couple of large players who had a vested interest to block the legality of their business of providing a marketplace for the sale of tickets in the secondary market. Bootstrapping 101. Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► September. (1). ► July. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

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Thanks to you, immediately after I graduated I went on a few assignments for Glazer Capital which gave me the necessary experience that eventually led to my first "real" job out of college as a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep. Bootstrapping 101. In terms of entrepreneurship, I think that SJSU is behind. ► September. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Buyer's Remorse

Professor VC

Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. Bootstrapping 101. Of course, rigorous diligence is performed, the team is challenged, and assumptions are tested. ► July. (1).